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LyondellBasell breaks ground Clariant appoints Adnan Ahmad
on new PE plant in Texas Region President-India
etrochemical giant LyondellBasell broke ground lariant, a world leader
Pon a new polyethylene plant at its complex in La Cin specialty chemicals,
Porte, Texas. The company said the plant will be its first announces the appointment
commercial facility to use its Hyperzone polyethylene of Adnan Ahmad as Region
technology, a proprietary system that officials said would President, India. He succeeds
produce cost-effective, lightweight plastics that are also Deepak Parikh who has been
strong, durable and recyclable. Hyperzone also allows instrumental in implementing
one plant to produce a broad range of polyethylene-based and leading Clariant’s growth
products. Previous technology required multiple plants. strategy in India for the past
LyondellBasell eventually plans to license the technology. 4 years. Deepak Parikh will
now serve as as the Region President for Clariant in North
America as well as chief executive officer of both Clariant
Corporation and Clariant Canada .
Effective June 1, 2017, Adnan Ahmad assumes the role
of Region President for Clariant in India and also the
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals
(India) Limited. Adnan, an Indian citizen, has over 32 years
of industry experience across sectors and continents.
He began his career with ICI where he worked in a variety
of manufacturing, supply chain and business roles across
India. Adnan joins Clariant from BP where he held various
global and leadership roles with demonstrated success
in transformational leadership and regional supply chain
The Hyperzone plant, located at LyondellBasell's existing management. He worked in the UK, with responsibility for
manufacturing complex in La Porte, Texas, is set to hire Europe and Africa and in Singapore with responsibility for
for 1,000 positions at the peak of construction and 75 Asia and Pacific regions.
more permanent jobs once it enters service. "The new
Hyperzone PE plant will produce a better plastic that He also served on the Board of Castrol India Limited.
advances solutions to modern challenges, like protecting Adnan holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering
the purity of water supplies through stronger and more from Queens University, Canada. He received a National
versatile pipes and ensuring the freshness of bulk foods by Energy Conservation award from the Indian Prime Minister
providing tough, crack-resistant containers for storage," Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2004. He has also been conferred
LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel said .The Hyperzone process with the Helios Award for Human Energy by Lord Browne,
also allows production of a spectrum of high-density the erstwhile Chief Executive of BP plc, for leading
polyethylene at a single facility, something previous transformational change in Road Safety for Castrol India.
technologies weren't able to do, LyondellBasell said. Clariant in India, headquartered in Mumbai, operates in
The facility is expected to begin operating in 2019 and four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy,
will feature an annual production capacity of 1.1 bln lbs Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings, including
of high density polyethylene. Once complete, the entire businesses like Pigments (Coatings, Printing and Plastics
La Porte campus will be able to produce more than 2 mln and Special Applications), Additives, Industrial & Consumer
lbs of polyethylene each year. Specialties, Mining Services and Masterbatches.
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